Railway-tie.



PATBNTED DEG. 11, 1906. A. R. LATIMBR.

RAILWAY TIE. PM10/M1011 FILED MAY as, 190e.

WJ TNESSES.-

INI/ENTOR.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed May 25,1906. Serial No. 318,710.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR ROMAINE LATIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fredonia, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal railwayties7 and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the efficiency and adaptability of devices of this character.

/Vith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the sameinto practical operation, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacriiicing any of the advantages of this invention within thescope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of one of the improved ties. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the tie at one end. Fig. 5 is a perspective view from beneath of one of the clamping-blocks. Fig. 6 is a side view of the guard-rail-clamping member.

The improved device comprises a body 10, of metal, preferably of cast-iron, of suitable size and of the usual length of a railway-tie, generally about eight feet, and provided with a longitudinal channel 11 in the upper face, the channel having undercut or dovetailed side walls.

The improved tie is designed to be employed for supporting the usual spaced single-track rails with one of the rails adjustable longitudinally of the tie, or to support single-track rails and a central or intermediate rail, or to support single-track rails and a guard-rail, or to support singletrack rails, a guard-rail, and an intermediate rail without material changes in the construction.

At opposite sides of the point where the track-rail 12 bears upon the tie oppositely- Fig. 3 1s a.

inclined recesses are formed in the upper face ofthe tie, one set 13 of the recesses being arranged between the track-rail 12 and the adjacent end of the tie and the other and reversely-inclined recesses 14 being spaced from the first-mentioned recesses a distance greater than twice the width of the tieflange of the rail to rovide shoulders to support the holding c amps or braces for the track-rail and a guard-rail 15, as hereinafter explained.

At opposite sides of the point Where the other track-rail 16 crosses the tie spaced oppositely-inclined recesses 17 1S and 19 2O are formed in the upper face of the tie and adapted to provide shoulders to support clamp members for holding the rail 16 and also to permit adjustment of the same longitudinally of the tie, as hereinafter explained.

At an intermediate point in the upper face of the tie, preferably at the center, spaced reversely-arranged recesses 21 22 are formed in the upper face of the tie and adapted to provide shoulders to support clamp members for a central rail 23 to serve as a conductor or trolley rail, as hereinafter described.

The track-rail 16 and the central rail 23 are each provided with two of the clampy members, while the track-rail 12 and the guardrail 15 are each provided with one of the clamp members and also with a double-acting clamp member operating between them and represented at 24.

As all of the clamp members except the 'double-acting clamp member 24 are alike, the description of one will suffice for all. These clamp members are each formed with an upper portion 25 for bearing upon the upper face of the tie with one end against the terminal shoulders of the several transverse recesses and extending at their other ends over the tie-flanges of the several rails. Each clamp member is also provided with a depending dovetailed rib 26, engaging the channel 11 and slidable therein and -extending at one end beneath the tie-flanges of the rails.

The double-acting clamp-plate 24 bears by its edges over the adjacent portions of the tie-flanges of the rails 12 and 15 and is heldin position by a clamp-bolt 27, tapped into the body 10 of the tie within the channel 11, while the clamp members 25 26 are each held in position by a clamp-bolt 28, also tapped intio the body 10 of the tie within the channe 11.

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shown at 29. By this means the rails are irmly supported -from outward movement by the coaction of the shouldered recesses and the clamp members, and as the outward strains are the most severe the displacement of the rails while in use is obviated.

With ties thus constructed it is a comparatively simple matter to replace a broken tie or the clamp members associated therewith, as the clamp members are slidable longitudinally of the tie in the channel 11 and by removing the clamp-bolts 27 and 28 the clampplates may be Amoved endwise of the tie in either direction, and thus'release the tie and enable it to be removed from either side of the track, as will be obvious.

The tie is adapted to the various arrangement of rails used in railway construction and adapted for employment upon ordinary ballasted tracks or elevated road-beds, trestles, bridges, or the like.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A metal railway-tie consisting of a body having a longitudinal dovetailed channel and with reversely-inclined transverse recesses in the upper Jface, clamp members disposed upon said tie and within said recesses and bearing at one end against the shoulders at the outer terminals of the recesses and bearing at their other ends over the tie-flanges of the rails, each clamp member having a dovetail rib eX- tending into said dovetail channel, and means for rigidly connecting said clamp members to the ties.

2. A metal railway-tie consisting of a body having alongitudinal dovetailed channel and with reversely-inclined transverse recesses in the upper face, clamp members disposed upon said tie and within said recesses and bearing at one end against the shoulders at the outer terminals of the recesses and bearing at their other ends over the tie-flanges of the rails, each clamp member having a dovetail rib extending into said dovetail channel, and beneath the tie-flanges of the rails, and means for rigidly connecting said clamp members to the ties.

3. The combination with `the track-rails and a guard-rail spaced therefrom, of a metal tie consisting of a body having a longitudinal dovetailed channel and reversely-inclined transverse recesses in the upper face, a clamp member bearing upon the tie between the guard-rail and the adjacent track-rail and bearing over the tie-flanges of the same and with a dovetailed rib engaging the dovetailed channel, clamp members upon said tie and within said recesses and each bearing at one end against the shoulders at the outer terminal of the recesses and bearing at their other ends over the tie-anges of the rails,

each of said last-mentioned clamp members having a dovetailed rib engaging said dovetailed channel, and means for rigidly connecting each of said clamp members to said tie.

4. A metal railway-tie consisting of a body having a longitudinal dovetailed channeland' with a plurality of spaced reverselyvinclined recesses in the upper face, clamp members disposed upon said tie and adapted to be engaged with said spaced recesses and bearing alternately therein with one end against the shoulders at the outer terminals of the same and the other ends bearing over the tieflanges of the rail, each clamp member having a dovetailed rib extending' into said dovetailed channel, and means for rigidly connecting said clamp members adjustably to the ties.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aHiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR ROMAINE LATIMER.

lWitnesses:

S. RAY FAIRBANKS, THos. EARNsHAw. 

